| Vadim Nikolaev | |
| Native Name Lang: | ru |
| Office: | Senator from Chuvashia |
| Term Start: | 11 June 2015 |
| Term End: | 29 September 2021 |
| Predecessor: | Leonid Lebedev |
| Successor: | Nikolay Vladimirov |
| Birth Name: | Vadim Nikolaev |
| Birth Date: | 30 August 1959 |
| Birth Place: | Krasnoarmeysky District, Chuvash Republic, Chuvash Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union |
| Alma Mater: | Chuvash State Agrarian University |
Vadim Ivanovich Nikolaev (Russian: Вадим Иванович Николаев; born 30 August 1959) is a Russian politician who served as a senator from Chuvashia from 2015 to 2021.
Vadim Nikolaev was born on 30 August 1959 in Krasnoarmeysky District, Chuvash Republic. In 1981, he graduated from the Chuvash State Agrarian University. After graduation, he served in the Soviet Armed Forces. From 1986 to 1990, he worked as the senior agronomist of the State Agroprom of the Chuvash ASSR. From 2002 to 2015, he was continuously re-elected as deputy of the State Council of the Chuvash Republic of the 3rd, 4th, and 5th convocations. On 11 June 2015 Nikolaev was appointed a senator from Chuvashia.[1] [2] [3]